Decisiveness

«Decisiveness is a very essential quality.
There are many people who are incapable
Of deciding, who go on thinking.
They waste their whole life in thinking
Whether to do this or not to do,
To be or not to be.
And they are always hesitating, they can't act
And without action life is futile.
They can't decide, and without decision
There is no possibility of your growth.
Yes, one should look
At all the possible alternatives
But not for too long.
It should not become a habit.
One should look at all the alternatives
And then one should be able to decide.
One should not wait for a perfect decision
Remember, because in life
There can never be any perfect decision.

I have heard about a man
Who was searching for a perfect wife.
He died unmarried obviously.
When he was dying somebody asked
"You travelled all over the world
You searched for a perfect wife.
Couldn't you find a single woman who was perfect?"
He said,"Yes, I came across a few
But they were searching for perfect husbands!"

If one is a perfectionist
One is doomed to fail.
Perfectionists are indecisive people.
Nothing satisfies them, everything falls short.
Their ideal is too high.
Everything seems to be unsatisfactory.

Decisiveness means knowing
That life is imperfect and life is short
Knowing that we have limitations
Yet we have to decide.
Alternatives are limited, we cannot wait forever.
One you decide then you go wholeheartedly into it
You risk all.
One has to be a gambler
Then only something is possible:
Growth is possible
A new birth is possible, a new being is possible.
Otherwise nothing is possible.
Decisiveness is absolutely necessary.»

Osho